In the afternoon of the same day,
Li Chenxi emerged from an old office building in the city.
When she came out, her account had another one million five hundred thousand yuan.
These small loan companies were more like vampires; she had sold the house to Li Nanying's family for two million yuan, but to the loan company, she could only get one million five hundred thousand yuan.
And the interest rates were extremely high.
Li Chenxi had signed a loan note with them, requiring her to repay two million yuan within seven days, or they would take the house away.
This was simply an abyss, a deep pit designed to suck in her house!
But it didn't matter, because she had never planned to repay the money in the first place!
And she didn't even have the house anymore!
The twelve-day loan cycle was timed perfectly—just before the apocalypse arrived, the loan company would go after Li Nanying's family.
By then, the dogs would be at each other's throats.
They were both tough to deal with, and it remained to be seen who would come out on top!
But regardless of who won, the house would turn into a pile of foam in a few days.
With the additional one million five hundred thousand yuan now in hand, Li Chenxi's mind raced. She proceeded to borrow from every loan platform available on the market!
Pluck!
She ruthlessly plucked them all clean!
After this operation, she had another five hundred thousand yuan.
Now Li Chenxi had three million seven hundred thousand yuan in hand.
She could now procure a substantial amount of supplies.
With money flowing in, she first went to a building materials factory to further fortify her fortress.
First, she bought forty to fifty security cameras, then found someone selling generators.
She needed a generator.
Generators were divided into wind, hydro, thermal, and diesel types.
The first three were not quite suitable as they were difficult to install, time-consuming, and basically out of stock; they had to be custom ordered from specialized manufacturers. Diesel, on the other hand, was very suitable.
"How many kilowatts of generator are you looking for?" asked the boss selling the goods.
"What options do you have?" Li Chenxi inquired.
"We have thirty, fifty, two hundred to eight hundred kilowatts, and higher ones are more expensive."
Li Chenxi got a rough idea of the properties of diesel generators.
For example, the smallest thirty-kilowatt generator cost between ten to twenty thousand yuan.
The mid-range two hundred-kilowatt generator generally ranged from fifty to a hundred thousand yuan.
For three hundred kilowatts and above, the price started at over a hundred thousand yuan, and prices doubled as the kilowatts increased.
Generators over one thousand kilowatts started at one million yuan and up, with imported ones costing even more than domestic ones by twenty to thirty percent.
"You should go for a domestic one; our domestic ones are not inferior to imports in quality and are more durable and practical. Imports are pickier about diesel quality. What do you plan to use it for? Running a restaurant?" the boss continued to explain.
"Yes."
She needed electricity for everyday bunker lighting and used the restaurant-grade one, which was more than enough.
However, she still bought the most expensive and highest-powered one.
Because her system rewards would increase with the upgrade!
She wanted the best!
"I want the best, all at once! Money's not an issue!" Li Chenxi said in a tone of a big spender, buying the best value-for-money generator in their store for one million two hundred thousand yuan.
Seeing Li Chenxi like this, the boss's face was about to burst into a smile.
Li Chenxi asked him to throw in some more stuff; she wanted everything small and cheap left in the store, like soundproofing pads, toolkits, and odds and ends.
The boss had no hesitation. In the end, he even gave Li Chenxi about ten liters of diesel left in the store.
Li Chenxi's eyes lit up when she saw the oil, "Boss, do you know anyone who could get oil cheaper?"
Diesel was not easy to buy; going to the gas station with an ID card, you had to register each time and only buy a few liters at a time. Many gas stations didn't sell loose oil, only fuel for vehicles.
However, someone selling generators like this was likely to know some tricks.
There was a black market for oil; some shady small oil refineries stole oil from large oil fields or recovered abandoned oil at sea, processing it themselves and selling it clandestinely.
This was black oil.
Sure enough, after Li Chenxi spoke, a mysterious expression appeared on the boss's face. He pulled Li Chenxi aside and handed her a business card, "If you need oil, call this number and say I referred you. They'll give you a discount, about twenty percent cheaper than the market!"
"Thanks." Li Chenxi took the business card.
Sure enough, industries like these had their connections.
As Li Chenxi was about to leave, the boss kindly reminded her, "Girl, there's been a flu outbreak lately. Stay indoors. You can call them to deliver goods directly."
Upon hearing this, Li Chenxi generously responded, "Boss, you should do the same. Stock up on some food while you're at it."
After saying that, Li Chenxi left, leaving the boss alone to watch her receding figure.
Whether he listened or not was up to him.
In fact, this flu outbreak was actually a precursor to the apocalypse.
Half a month after the influenza virus outbreak, those infected began to die suddenly, leaving everyone still grieving for their lost loved ones. However, they soon discovered that these deceased individuals had all 'come back to life' in a different form—zombies!
In her previous life, Li Chenxi had been busy with her cousin's wedding during this period. Li Nanying's newlywed wife had just found out she was pregnant. Li Chenxi not only provided financial support for their new furniture and renovations but also tirelessly accompanied her to the hospital.
On the day the apocalypse arrived, she happened to be at the hospital with her new sister-in-law to collect some reports. That was when she heard the horrifying screams echoing through the hospital.
She witnessed firsthand a patient who had been rushed in for emergency care and pronounced dead suddenly sitting up and attacking their family members in the hallway.
A group of people rushed to restrain and stop them, but Li Chenxi saw that the first person bitten started to mutate within five minutes.
He convulsed as he climbed up from the floor. When he stood up stiffly, there was no trace of blood color on his entire body. His eyes had turned the ashen gray of zombies from the movies!
No eyeballs, no vitality—just emitting a terrifying, bloodthirsty light.
He opened his mouth wide, biting down on the people around him who were trying to restrain him.
Chaos erupted throughout the hospital.
Such incidents occurred in every corner of the hospital.
Anyone bitten would mutate within five minutes and join in tearing and biting others!
Li Chenxi was scared at the time, but to protect her pregnant sister-in-law, she remained remarkably calm and bravely picked up weapons to counterattack the approaching zombies, leading her and her sister-in-law out amidst the chaos.
It was because she had initially performed so exceptionally well that the Han family considered her highly capable, henceforth assigning her all responsibilities!
Searching for supplies, protecting everyone—it was all Li Chenxi charging ahead!
In her previous life, she had always felt that being needed by them and protecting her entire family was her satisfaction!
Heh, but that depended on whether she was protecting her family or a bunch of beasts!
In this life, she would never be stupid again!
With her words to the boss concluded, Li Chenxi instructed them to follow her and deliver the goods to the warehouse, making inquiries about diesel along the way.
They could deliver it to her by tomorrow.
Li Chenxi instructed them to bring as much as they had in stock. She bought a million worth of goods from them outright!
They gave her a twenty-five percent discount, and Li Chenxi spent nearly two million on this single trip out today.